Auditory threshold sensitivity of the human neonate as measured by the auditory brainstem response

Hearing Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 27-38

  Sininger, Yvonne S ^a   Abdala, Carolina ^a   Cone Wesson, Barbara ^b,c  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

auditory brainstem response; auditory threshold; frequency specific response; neonate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALIBRATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0031081570     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(96)00178-5     Document Type: Article

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